Legislative Session number- 89

Bill Name: SF0804

Relating to economic development

ARTICLE 1 - APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriating
money to the department of employment and economic development (DEED) for
business and community development, workforce development, general support
services, the Minnesota trade office, vocational rehabilitation purposes,

services for the blind, and broadband development; appropriating money to the
housing finance agency (HFA) for the challenge program, the housing trust fund,
rental assistance for the mentally ill, family homeless prevention, the home
ownership assistance fund, the affordable rental investment fund, housing
rehabilitation, and training and capacity-building grants; appropriating money
for explore Minnesota tourism; appropriating money to the department of labor
and industry for workers compensation, the labor standards
and apprenticeship
program, workplace safety and general support; appropriating
money to the
bureau of mediation services, to the board of accountancy, to the board of
architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, geoscience,
and interior design, to the board of cosmetologist examiners, and to the board
of barber examiners; appropriating money to the department of commerce for
financial institutions, petroleum tank release compensation board,
administration, enforcement, energy resources, and insurance transportation;
appropriating money to the public utilities commission (PUC)

ARTICLE 2 -
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY

Making technical changes; modifying
licensing fees and the combative sports fee schedule

ARTICLE 3 - DEPARTMENT
OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Modifying certain provisions relating
to qualified expansion of greater Minnesota business and appropriating money in
the account; establishing the career pathways grant program; modifying
unemployment insurance; exempting the commissioner and employees from subpoena
for providing testimony

ARTICLE 4 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Authorizing the
commissioner of commerce to set and fix a fee to fund the guaranteed energy
savings program; creating a guaranteed energy savings platform account;
modifying the commerce fraud bureau assessment; defining financial abuse and
financial exploitation; establishing a right to refuse transaction based on
reasonable belief of exploitation; specifying allowable disclosures, penalties,
training, records access, and liability immunity; establishing a senior trust
fund; modifying petroleum tank release cleanup reimbursement; modifying public
utilities regulatory expenses; creating the utility assessment account;
modifying deceptive acts against senior citizens or disabled persons and making
conforming changes
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